{"id":1154,"date":"2022-03-24T11:45:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T11:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blokas.io\/reads\/?p=1154"},"modified":"2022-03-24T11:51:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T11:51:12","slug":"interview-arcologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blokas.io\/reads\/interview-arcologies\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: arcologies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Artists hide so many important things in their music. Feelings, thoughts, and sometimes even\u2026 memories. We can learn so much about their personalities and past experiences through their sound. We can almost touch their souls. So\u2026 What are we waiting for? Let\u2019s do that! Let\u2019s teleport all the way to Chicago Suburbs and meet arcologies – audiovisual talent and music producer, who will share his knowledge on creating tracker music, finding your own visual style, and many more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cSound is a memory.\u201d<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Please tell us more about your relationship with music and how it evolved throughout the years.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

My relationship with music production started at a young age, and I attribute this to three pieces of software: fast tracker, rebirth, and reason. I remember opening fast tracker for the first time and listening to some songs, and being blown away by the sound. I was especially excited to learn that I didn\u2019t need anything crazy or expensive to make my own songs; I could just use the tracker software and some samples. When I wanted to make my own samples, I\u2019d just load up rebirth or reason and mess around with creating different sounds. I studied art in college and took a media class that focused on max\/msp and Reaktor. These also changed the way I looked at music production and got me into learning more about how to create generative music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My personal musical interests haven\u2019t really evolved over the years. It\u2019s crazy to think that I\u2019ve been listening to the same artists for almost my entire life. Not just because their songs are timeless, but because they evoke so many good memories of family and friends. They are specific memories too\u2026 For example, if I play the Trans-Central Connection compilation album\u2026 I\u2019m instantly brought back to driving around Chicago in the late 90s with my brother, visiting Tower Records, and buying whatever new idm or jungle CD that was out. Music helps me to never forget, and if I\u2019m feeling down\u2026 I can put on a favorite track and zone out to vivid memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve always been a hobbyist and pretty much just made music for myself for the past 20 years. When the pandemic hit, I was looking for something to do to help people in any way that I could. So, I started posting my tracks online to see what would come from that. I\u2019m a big supporter of open-source software, and I treat my music the same way. 99% of my tracks are released under the creative commons license, and I\u2019m always willing to share project files, patches, and samples that I\u2019ve made. If I can help or motivate anyone in pursuing their music, it\u2019s worth it, and this is what arcologies is all about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n